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Virtual PC is what you can install. There is no WSL for windows 7 to use it native There is also MultiSIBControl but no so flexible as MPP-Solar |
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Hi excel4, I would like to know, how you are using mpp-solar under windows cmd. |
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there is also a docker image on dockerhub - https://hub.docker.com/r/jblance/mppsolar |
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OK - sounds like that won't work well for me since my Virtualbox host is Windows. What about using mpp-solar with a serial interface to the inverter instead of USB? I am currently using watchpower with a serial line through a prolific USB-serial adapter. |
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do you know which com port the connection is on? |
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also have you managed to install python and pip on windows? |
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If you think that mpp-solar will run in an Alpine VM under Virtualbox Windows host using a mapped serial port, I could try that. Or if you think the Rapsian OVA will work, I could try that. |
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It will run on a Linux VM and should definitely run Alpine
Try it and let me know if you get issues
Win7 is pretty dated, maybe time to install a Linux distro 😅
…On Tue, Jun 4, 2024, 16:38 excel4 ***@***.***> wrote:
1. I am currently running watchpower on a serial port provided by a
usb-serial adapter (prolific). Virtualbox provides the com port to the
Windows 7 guest VM.
2. yes, I know the com port
3. I have installed python and pip on a windows 10 machine (not a VM).
4. However, I would prefer to run mpp-solar on a Raspian or Alpine
linux VM guest vs. Windows guest VM.
5. I would be happy to run mpp-solar on the same Windows 7 VM that
watchpower uses, but current versions of Python do not support Windows 7.
If you think that mpp-solar will run in an Alpine VM under Virtualbox
Windows host using a mapped serial port, I could try that. Or if you think
the Rapsian OVA will work, I could try that.
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OK. FYI - my VM host is Windows 10. I was not able to get watchpower to run properly on Windows 10 or Linux, hence the Windows 7 VM. |
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Thanks. The issue I have with Win10 is related to strange fonts during setup. I tried a number of things based on web searches, but I could not get it to work properly either in a VM or directly. Win7 works fine so I stayed with that. I am confused on one point: You are running mpp-solar in a raspian VM under a Win10 host. That sounds like it would work well for me. Bu jblance said: "mppsolar is not really suited to windows, it would need (at least) a new IO module to talk to Windows USB devices". How did you resolve this? |
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I have two inverters MPP-Solar 12k |
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@PaulEPop try http://www.multisibcontrol.net/ better then watch power on windows |
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I'm using the python tool from jblance and send all information I want to have to mqtt / Homeassistant. |
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Thanks for the pointer. I had not run across that tool. I'm hesitant since I can't find any reviews of it, information on the company or person developing and supporting it, etc. |
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It won't matter of you're running it in a VM. It's the OS interface that
matters (ie the one in the VM)
TBH it would probably work natively in Win10 but I've never tried (I
actually wrote it as my inverter is in a shed and I didn't want to put a PC
in there)
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Thanks. The issue I have with Win10 is related to strange fonts during
setup. I tried a number of things based on web searches, but I could not
get it to work properly either in a VM or directly. Win7 works fine so I
stayed with that.
I am confused on one point: You are running mpp-solar in a raspian VM
under a Win10 host. That sounds like it would work well for me. Bu jblance
said: "mppsolar is not really suited to windows, it would need (at least) a
new IO module to talk to Windows USB devices".
How did you resolve this?
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I'm using a small NUC with win10 + RealVNC for remote control |
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I would like to use mpp-solar to send commands and receive data from an mpp-solar inverter. I do not need the server elements - just the basic command-line interface. I am running on Windows 7. The readme says that version v0.16 requires python 3.10..0, but python 10.0 does not run on windows 7.
Will the mpp-solar command-line run on Windows 7 with python 3.8, the last version that supports Windows 7?
If not, what process do I need to follow to install an older version of mpp-solar? I tried downloading the v.0.7.49 release but I could not get it to run. There is no mpp-solar.exe file in the zip file and I do not see instructions for building it on windows.
Thanks!
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